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A FunTrivia Mixed Quiz!

This is an untimed game, created by the FunTrivia QuizBot using questions submitted by players. Take your time, and please consider submitting questions of your own when you are done!

#1. Literature Mixture. Player Windswept asks:
  What is the first name of the author of the "Canterbury Tales"?

    Jaime
    Thomas
    William
    Geoffrey

#2. Literature Mixture. Player pu2-ke-qi-ri asks:
  Throughout the galaxy, which book is instantly recognizable by the words "DON'T PANIC" written in large, friendly letters on the cover?

    A Brief History of Time
    Encyclopedia Galactica
    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
    Cosmos

#3. Literature Mixture. Player H0lyAerith asks:
  In July 1916, a series of fatal shark attacks occurred along the New Jersey shore. These events later inspired which of these books?

    Open Water
    Fatal Voyage
    Jaws
    In Harm's Way

#4. Literature Mixture. Player jad73994 asks:
  This man, who penned "The Delightful History of the Most Ingenious Knight Don Quixote of the Mancha," is often called el Príncipe de los Ingenios (the prince of wits) for one of the most famous pieces of literature in the Spanish language.

    Cervantes
    Lorca
    Serrano
    Hernandez

#5. Literature Mixture. Player merylfederman asks:
  Which name is shared by two Shakespeare characters: a 13 year old girl who falls in love with her family's sworn enemy, and an engaged woman whose pregnancy endangers the life of her fiance?

    Juliet
    Emilia
    Rosalind
    Helena

#6. Literature Mixture. Player eyhung asks:
  In the mid-20th century "Dick and Jane" books that taught young children in the US how to read English, what was the name of the dog? (See him run!)

    Spot
    Ace
    Fido
    Butch

#7. Literature Mixture. Player redwaldo asks:
  Which American singer-songwriter, known for songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind", won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016?

    John Lennon
    Joni Mitchell
    David Bowie
    Bob Dylan

#8. Literature Mixture. Player Fifiona81 asks:
  'Unmasked: A Memoir', first published in 2018, is an autobiography by which prolific composer of musicals such as 'The Phantom of the Opera' and 'Love Never Dies'?

    Leonard Bernstein
    Elton John
    Andrew Lloyd Webber
    Richard Rodgers

#9. Literature Mixture. Player Senga2 asks:
  Lord Ruthven, Lestat de Lioncourt, Kurt Barlow, Joshua York: What do these literary characters have in common?

    Soldiers
    Kings
    Actors
    Vampires

#10. Literature Mixture. Player ltsply2 asks:
  When you're writing, you need a great start to get the reader's attention and draw them in. Classic literature has its share of famous first lines. Which of the following does NOT start a classic novel?

    "Call me Ishmael."
    "It was a bright cold day in April..."
    "All happy families are alike..."
    "I read the news today, oh boy."